REMEMBERING THE VIEQUES STRUGGLE

The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign www.ProLibertadWeb.com ProLibertad@hotmail.com 718-601-4751   Every year, ProLibertad sponsors an event during November, Puerto Rican Heritage month, as a reminder of our rich heritage/history/legacy of struggle and resistance to U.S. Colonialism.  This year we are sponsoring, "Remembering the Vieques Struggle." Many people thought  the struggle was over when the Navy stopped bombing on May 1st, 2003, but in reality the movement had just only begun!  Join us for a night of conversation and agitation!       REMEMBERING THE VIEQUES STRUGGLE       Monday Nov. 28th, 2011 at 6:30pm Casa de Las Americas 182 E. 111th St. (btwn. Lexington Ave. And third Ave.) Take the 6 train to E. 111th St. Suggested donation: $5-10 (no one will be turned away due to lack of funds)      BEFORE WE OCCUPPIED WALL STREET;   BEFORE THE UPR STUDENT STRIKE;   BEFORE THE PROTESTS OF THE GAS PIPELINE   THE PUERTO RICAN PEOPLE PROTESTED THE MOST POWERFUL NAVY IN THE WORLD AND WON!   Join the ProLibertad Freedom Campaign as welcome veteran Vieques activist Robert Rabin, Director of the Fort Count Mirasol Museum in Vieques and spokesperson of El Comite Pro-Rescate y Desarollo de Vieques, to New York!   Come hear an update on:   The Community Struggles in Vieques   The work for de-contamination   The devolution of Vieques' lands